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we are going to start with my colleague here at here heritage, jim phillips, the middle eastern analyst. he's focused on middle east and international paragraph on its 1978. he is a former research fellow at the congressional research service. he was a consultant to the national security council, department of defense and the international republic institute and he is a member of the board of editors on the middle east quarterly. he will be followed by patrick who is the director for research and the director of the iran security initiative of the washington institute for near east policy, the largest u.s. think tank that focuses on the middle east. he has edited or written over 30 books and monographs and he speaks persian and farsi so he can read stuff the rest of us can't. he's also served as a senior economist at the dod national defense university, worked for the world bank international monetary fund and for 18 years was the senior editor of the middle east quarterly and is on the distinguished advisory panel at the department of energy national laboratory which is somewhat troubl
we are going to start with my colleague here at here heritage, jim phillips, the middle eastern analyst. he's focused on middle east and international paragraph on its 1978. he is a former research fellow at the congressional research service. he was a consultant to the national security council, department of defense and the international republic institute and he is a member of the board of editors on the middle east quarterly. he will be followed by patrick who is the director for research...
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you. >> thank you, jim. we are ready to again our panel discussion and doug, we'll start with you. if you're comfortable there, absolutely. >> first of all, thanks to bud and the center forward organization. i've worked with jim in the past, i have a lot of regard for his efforts, i worked with earl when he was on the budget committee and i still live in terror of him. i love this work. and there are a number of reasons. first, it accords with everyone's intuition about what some of the features the affordable care act has to produce. if you put in the age rating bands and tighten those and say you can't charge higher premiums to the older paired to the younger, without question you expect to see increases among the young and relative decreases among the old. this comes through in this analysis and it ought to have a differential impact depending on whether you had those regulations in place. given that we have had so much speculation about how the affordable care act will play out, it's nice to see a study
you. >> thank you, jim. we are ready to again our panel discussion and doug, we'll start with you. if you're comfortable there, absolutely. >> first of all, thanks to bud and the center forward organization. i've worked with jim in the past, i have a lot of regard for his efforts, i worked with earl when he was on the budget committee and i still live in terror of him. i love this work. and there are a number of reasons. first, it accords with everyone's intuition about what some of...
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. >> thank you, jim, and thank you for your leadership on the task force, and i want to express my thanks to the constitution project, but also to all of my fellow task force members, what they brought to the table in terms of experience, wisdom, public service, really made a difference in the development of this project and important eport. there's more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those this morning, but we do want to hit some of the highlights. we hope you'll take the entire report, study it through, and look at each of those recommendations. why is this report important? it's important because we as a nation have to get this right. i look back in history to the time during world war ii that we interned some japanese-americans. at the time it seemed like the sandrite proper thing to do. but in the light of history, it was an error. and so today this report will hopefully put into focus some of the actions taken in the post-9/11 environment. there's some key questions we wanted to address this morning. one is the treatment of suspected terrorists in u.s. c
. >> thank you, jim, and thank you for your leadership on the task force, and i want to express my thanks to the constitution project, but also to all of my fellow task force members, what they brought to the table in terms of experience, wisdom, public service, really made a difference in the development of this project and important eport. there's more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those this morning, but we do want to hit some of the highlights. we hope...
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. -- jim demint. >> we believe that opening up the gates of our memories bringing people closer together , to bring people to a realization that what a human being, an individual can do. i think of those who saved lives, all of these christians who saved lives while risking their own. everyone of them is a hero. >> on the 20th anniversary, i ask you to replace the director memories of those who still live with being the memories of this museum so that no one will ever forget the stories and these lessons. about howu to sink the -- to think about all the historic slurry -- storing of the holocaust reflects a story that takes a human form. the idea that our differences are more important than our humanity of a test of our differences -- are not more important than our humanity. the nationalm., rifle association's annual meeting with chris cox and wayne lapierre. on book tv this weekend, your llips.ons for melanie phi on sunday, book tv in london. withart a 12 week series british authors. birmingham, the 1963 race riots. president obama traveled to mexico thursday and met with mexican presi
. -- jim demint. >> we believe that opening up the gates of our memories bringing people closer together , to bring people to a realization that what a human being, an individual can do. i think of those who saved lives, all of these christians who saved lives while risking their own. everyone of them is a hero. >> on the 20th anniversary, i ask you to replace the director memories of those who still live with being the memories of this museum so that no one will ever forget the...
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there are disputes which jim will explain in detail, but no differences over iran. pakistan and iran's relation has always been cordial and friendly friendly. with full military and financial support for pakistan during its wars with india, and in fact you're on was the first country to recognize pakistan in 1947 and pakistan was created. they have been very close and very friendly with full support in pakistan against india. one major reason was the fact that india and pakistan beyond two different camps on socialism and pakistan is a us ally and air on -- iran was a close ally of the united states in the region. so after 1979's revolution, iran -- every day friendships still continued and the exporting of islamic ideas and revolution that air iran band and was promoting does not apply to pakistan for several important reasons i believe. one is the shiite community are very integrated into the pakistan society. if you can go back to the founder of pakistan who was a shiite. or the other reason includes the fact that pakistan shiite community is very divided, but mo
there are disputes which jim will explain in detail, but no differences over iran. pakistan and iran's relation has always been cordial and friendly friendly. with full military and financial support for pakistan during its wars with india, and in fact you're on was the first country to recognize pakistan in 1947 and pakistan was created. they have been very close and very friendly with full support in pakistan against india. one major reason was the fact that india and pakistan beyond two...
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these questions are more directed to jim and judge carr. how feasible is it for judges to with an eyens toward declassification or reduction later? just assuming we're talking about prospectively as opposed to retrospectively. is this an easy matter, is a complicated, can it be done? it was mike syrians, i do not know about the other judges with whom i served or judges today -- writing an opinion, as we normally understand it, was a very unusual event. with an ordinary search warrant you do not write an opinion you look at it, if there is probable cause you issue it as a title iii order. and pfizer order you issue it. >> in the unusual circumstances -- >> what's again, -- once again, when a judge felt the need to write an opinion -- and that is often triggered by a notice from the government, if they notice something is going on that is unusual, and by the work of the legal advisers. they will work on the issues. ofon't remember the number opinions. maybe several pages i wrote, but it was a handful. part of it is thinking about transparency
these questions are more directed to jim and judge carr. how feasible is it for judges to with an eyens toward declassification or reduction later? just assuming we're talking about prospectively as opposed to retrospectively. is this an easy matter, is a complicated, can it be done? it was mike syrians, i do not know about the other judges with whom i served or judges today -- writing an opinion, as we normally understand it, was a very unusual event. with an ordinary search warrant you do not...
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i said, jim, i have got an opening for a judge here. and i know colin is a person who would fill that bill. he has already gone through all the vetting. he would be an extraordinary judge, but you'd lose him as your first assistant. he said, i can't stand in his way. i couldn't think of a better choice to be a judge in this district. colin bruce was born in urban u, illinois. he got his undergraduate and law degrees degrees from the university of illinois. he handled civil and criminal cases and tort cases and claims filed against the government. in 2007 appointed branch chief of the urbana division. 2010 first assistant u.s. attorney which is the number-two position. in his current capacity he oversees the day-to-day operations of the u.s. attorney's office. he handles civil defense and affirmative litigation in the district in which the u.s. is a party. he has received numerous recognitions, certifications of afreerks the justice department, the f.b.i., the d.e. ark the metropolitan enforcement group and task force. he has a record of
i said, jim, i have got an opening for a judge here. and i know colin is a person who would fill that bill. he has already gone through all the vetting. he would be an extraordinary judge, but you'd lose him as your first assistant. he said, i can't stand in his way. i couldn't think of a better choice to be a judge in this district. colin bruce was born in urban u, illinois. he got his undergraduate and law degrees degrees from the university of illinois. he handled civil and criminal cases...
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as jim is pointing out, the majority of the types of violence that affect the greatest number of people everyday. press youcle back and for specifics on imagining what stories like that might look like. what is a good bridge to you? violence believe in intervention? what have you been thinking? not only about the new town story, but the narrative momentum and individual journalists looking to seize on this moment and help to tell some stories that need to be told. what are they? actually, we do not work in the environment that has been discussed today. i have been sitting here thinking that we are a bit of a fish out of water. neighborhoods as that were impacted every day. we had more than 500 killings last year in chicago. if a killing involved a child, it was big news. when we got into big numbers, we became big news, but i cannot tell you how many times someone is shot or killed and there is no news. violence as a learned behavior, something reinforced by fear expectations and not kept in check within the community where it is occurring. take a public health approach to it. try to id
as jim is pointing out, the majority of the types of violence that affect the greatest number of people everyday. press youcle back and for specifics on imagining what stories like that might look like. what is a good bridge to you? violence believe in intervention? what have you been thinking? not only about the new town story, but the narrative momentum and individual journalists looking to seize on this moment and help to tell some stories that need to be told. what are they? actually, we do...
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jim has authored more than 90 publications since coming to csis. he's an internationally recognized expert on cybersecurity, whose work includes the best selling securing cybersecurity for the 44th presidency. before joining csis, he worked at the departments of state and commerce as a foreign service officer, and as a member of the senior executive service. he received his ph.d from universittheuniversity of chica. and last but not least we have daniel sutherland, who is the associate general counsel for the national protection and -- national protection and programs directorate of the department of homeland security. in this capacity he is the primary legal adviser to the undersecretary for nppd nppd. he leads a team that provides legal services to the office of cybersecurity and communication. the office of infrastructure protection, the office of biometric and identity management and the federal protective service. he previously served in a senior national intelligence service at the nctc, and prior to that he was at homeland security providing
jim has authored more than 90 publications since coming to csis. he's an internationally recognized expert on cybersecurity, whose work includes the best selling securing cybersecurity for the 44th presidency. before joining csis, he worked at the departments of state and commerce as a foreign service officer, and as a member of the senior executive service. he received his ph.d from universittheuniversity of chica. and last but not least we have daniel sutherland, who is the associate general...
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again, 50% of black adults were unemployed during the great depression, and you had jim crow where it was legal and de facto segregation. you didn't find the same kind of criminality. we have spent $16 trillion since 1965 on poverty, and what we've done is we've destabilized families. that is why when a kid sees a gang banger, as you mentioned, he looks at that gang banger and thinks, hey, this is what i want to be. he doesn't have a father to say, wait a second, this is not the way to go. hit the books two good, hard hours a day. finish high school, don't have a kid before you're 20 years old and get married before you have that kid. if you do that, you will not be poor. the question we have to ask ourselves is, what policies are we doing that are giving people the incentive or disincentive to follow that formula? >> host: larry elder, a conversation between you and your mother beginning with your mother. your mother thought -- your father thought small. don't make the same mistake. that's unfair. oh, here you go again, defending him. he's not donald trump. he was a wimp, she said. >
again, 50% of black adults were unemployed during the great depression, and you had jim crow where it was legal and de facto segregation. you didn't find the same kind of criminality. we have spent $16 trillion since 1965 on poverty, and what we've done is we've destabilized families. that is why when a kid sees a gang banger, as you mentioned, he looks at that gang banger and thinks, hey, this is what i want to be. he doesn't have a father to say, wait a second, this is not the way to go. hit...
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i had the privilege of being the leader with jim baker of the american delegation. when dick showed up there. his wife. there were good friends. so we had a chance to see him. he is amazing to me and he went. i said, you are looking great. three very hard years, our replacement and someone. he is looking great, feeling great. catch up with these people. >> host: what about secretary rumsfeld? >> guest: i don't see a lot of them, but i am in touch with him. he has a new book coming out. i wrote a little blurb for it. it is unknown unknowns and no knowns and that stuff. interesting book. >> host: what was your relationship to margaret thatcher? >> guest: i had a really good relationship with marker. often we argued. she is a pretty fierce argue were. when she does not like something people to say, oh, yes, margaret. we would go at it. the underlying way of thinking about things was similar, so a lot was constructed by the reagan-thatcher relationship, and i was glad to be a part of it. i was glad to get to her funeral because i had been close to her book before i was
i had the privilege of being the leader with jim baker of the american delegation. when dick showed up there. his wife. there were good friends. so we had a chance to see him. he is amazing to me and he went. i said, you are looking great. three very hard years, our replacement and someone. he is looking great, feeling great. catch up with these people. >> host: what about secretary rumsfeld? >> guest: i don't see a lot of them, but i am in touch with him. he has a new book coming...
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jim used a number of statistics. one that struck me is i have the right to a 52% of the afghan population thought the country is going on in the right direction. my question to each of you, what is your view? is the country going in the right direction and are you optimistic or pessimistic as we look forward for the next two years and after 2014? >> if you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there. the country is going in the right direction compared to where we started certainly. people feel more confident about the way their life is conducted. also as i mentioned, there has to be a bit of a relation [indiscernible] in the region. >> i also agree and the statistics were new to me. it is heartening that 52% of people in afghanistan feel the country is going in the right direction. i do not know the figures for pakistan. one other thing. some of the preoccupations in terms of thinking and concerns which the investor mentioned, what is the future of the country? where does it stand with the internat
jim used a number of statistics. one that struck me is i have the right to a 52% of the afghan population thought the country is going on in the right direction. my question to each of you, what is your view? is the country going in the right direction and are you optimistic or pessimistic as we look forward for the next two years and after 2014? >> if you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there. the country is going in the right direction compared to where we...
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daddy jim made sure his family walked on the sidewalks. when he was challenged about the cost of food, his bill, medgar and charles there in the store with him, and he said no, that's not it. and this group of men descended upon him, and i am told that he said to his sons go outside where it's safe. daddy jim proceeds to take a bottle from some place, crack it across the counter, and to tell those men who were challenging him, his sons, and his family come on, come on. backed out of the door, and they went home. but that was the kind of example of manhood, of strength , of devotion to family that medgar grew up in. i grew up in another kind of home, one where there were three females in it. my aunt, my grandmother, and myself. we didn't argue because my grandmother had the last word each and every time. so it was peaceful there. they were school teachers. and their motto was don't rock the boat. so here we have these two people coming together, one that says i can't do anything beyond what society has set for me, and the other saying you a
daddy jim made sure his family walked on the sidewalks. when he was challenged about the cost of food, his bill, medgar and charles there in the store with him, and he said no, that's not it. and this group of men descended upon him, and i am told that he said to his sons go outside where it's safe. daddy jim proceeds to take a bottle from some place, crack it across the counter, and to tell those men who were challenging him, his sons, and his family come on, come on. backed out of the door,...
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so we have a meeting to goes well, i introduced the first one, jim hudson. to ask all kinds of questions and it was pretty obvious that jim was a real pro, and he knew what he was doing. some guy in the back of the room held his hand up and he said, are you a democrat or a republican? and my innocence, i never even asked him. he says, i'm a democrat. so next i gets up as i remember was earning weber who was dazzling. and center hold his head up and he says i'm a democrat. and it went like that. the last guy was jeff, our nominee to be head of the bureau of labor statistics, and he was a statistician's statistician. arthur burns who is very close to president nixon was is, someone he wanted and i want. so i thought, finally we got a republican. something that asked the question, and he stands there like a cow chewing his cud, and he finally succumb well, i guess you'd have to say i'm an independent. anyway, i get back to my hotel room, the phone is ringing off the hook and all the republicans on the senate labor committee are saying, didn't you know there was
so we have a meeting to goes well, i introduced the first one, jim hudson. to ask all kinds of questions and it was pretty obvious that jim was a real pro, and he knew what he was doing. some guy in the back of the room held his hand up and he said, are you a democrat or a republican? and my innocence, i never even asked him. he says, i'm a democrat. so next i gets up as i remember was earning weber who was dazzling. and center hold his head up and he says i'm a democrat. and it went like that....
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jim, you have been particularly supportive of the men and women of special operations and on behalf of all those great warriors and americans everywhere, i salute you for your service and your sacrifice to this nation. it has been my distinct honor to have served with you. mr. chairman, this is my second opportunity to address this committee since i took command in the summer of 2011. since that time i'm proud to say we have continued the great work initiated by my predecessor and at the same time we have amended to the changing strategic and fiscal environment to keep relevant now and in the future. in afghanistan we developed a new soft structure which brought it into alignment. this has allowed the special operations forces to have a common view of the enemy and synchronize our resolve. it has made soft even more effective than ever before. to partner with our afghan partners, we have trained afghan security forces so they can stand on their own against this determined threat. in addition to afghanistan special operation forces are in 78 countries around the world, at the request of
jim, you have been particularly supportive of the men and women of special operations and on behalf of all those great warriors and americans everywhere, i salute you for your service and your sacrifice to this nation. it has been my distinct honor to have served with you. mr. chairman, this is my second opportunity to address this committee since i took command in the summer of 2011. since that time i'm proud to say we have continued the great work initiated by my predecessor and at the same...
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jim got the luxury of pushing that off, jim and david. you guys were going to come to that decision sooner. >> did you think they would come to that decision? >> yes. >> when they saw the amount of money and you guys knew you had to do it from the get-go? >> we knew we had to do it. >> there is a rule, there is some coordination but not really communication. >> you could communicate 120 days before the first broadcast went up. maybe it is 90 days. why that exists, i'm not sure. we put, you know, very much -- we played by the rules. but before the campaign existed our future existed. >> i think that this whole question of the impact of these new rules is something that is greatly under appreciated. also, this is the first time we've not had federal funding. >> on either side. >> right. in 1987, we knew that incumbent presidents were advantaged in a nonfederal system because you have four years to raise this money. on our white board we had $1 billion, which is the amount of money that we knew obama campaign could raise as an incumbent pres
jim got the luxury of pushing that off, jim and david. you guys were going to come to that decision sooner. >> did you think they would come to that decision? >> yes. >> when they saw the amount of money and you guys knew you had to do it from the get-go? >> we knew we had to do it. >> there is a rule, there is some coordination but not really communication. >> you could communicate 120 days before the first broadcast went up. maybe it is 90 days. why that...
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hello, jim. and jim colby. and sal ma -- i mean, this is ridiculous. i could introduce all of you to each other. [laughter] john kennedy said with respect to qanta -- but as i said, it applies to mexico as well -- geography has made us neighbors, history has made us friends, economics has made us partners and necessity has made us allies. one of the strongest, concrete expressions of this observation and this partnership is nafta. now, as carla said, that have that's trade liberalization -- nafta's trade liberalization was deeper than any previous free trade agreement. it covered not only goods, but also services, investment, ip and so on, is and it began to tackle issues of labor and the environment which were new to the trade agenda. it was also the first fta between a developed and developing country. and critically, it included robust enforcement measures that the gac, which was the precursor to the wto and in existence at the time, that the gac failed to have. the results, of course, speak for themselves. overall, inter-nafta trade in goods has mo
hello, jim. and jim colby. and sal ma -- i mean, this is ridiculous. i could introduce all of you to each other. [laughter] john kennedy said with respect to qanta -- but as i said, it applies to mexico as well -- geography has made us neighbors, history has made us friends, economics has made us partners and necessity has made us allies. one of the strongest, concrete expressions of this observation and this partnership is nafta. now, as carla said, that have that's trade liberalization --...
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where is jim mueller? thank you for leading our pledge, but thank you for your service in a rock -- iraq. [applause] our former state senator staci appel is with us. i have lost eye contact with staci. [applause] i want to recognize and honor all of our democratic state legislature. mark smith. mark if you're somewhere. [applause] i want to especially thank our senate leader, mike grunts doll mike for doing the last session. where is he? thank you. [applause] those of us who call iowa home, those of us who care about keeping the state on a progressive course, nothing is more important than winning back the iowa house, getting more democrats in the senate and winning back the governorship next year for the state of iowa. andplause] let's salute our fighting second district on brisbane -- cumbersome and -- congressman. where is dave? [applause] i want someone to come up here. bruce brady. [applause] folks, you have been so kind and generous to me in all the years i have represented you both in the house and
where is jim mueller? thank you for leading our pledge, but thank you for your service in a rock -- iraq. [applause] our former state senator staci appel is with us. i have lost eye contact with staci. [applause] i want to recognize and honor all of our democratic state legislature. mark smith. mark if you're somewhere. [applause] i want to especially thank our senate leader, mike grunts doll mike for doing the last session. where is he? thank you. [applause] those of us who call iowa home,...
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our thoughts and prayers are with jim holden and his family. he surely did leave big boots to fill but also an enduring legacy for us to cherish and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the entleman from maryland rise? california. without objection. mr. speaker, some of my colleagues want to go back to the old way of doing business on health insurance. mr. huffman: we can't go back to the days with people with pre-existing conditions were denied coverage and women were asked to pay more simply because they're women. we know the a.c.a. rollout has not been perfect. we knew all along a reform of this magnitude would require some adaptive management. it happened with social security and medicare, but we worked together to improve those cornerstones of our social safety net, not tear them down. so let's work to fix the problems of the a.c.a., but let's tell the whole story, including the good parts of this law. in california, we are on track to meet our enrollment goals. tens
our thoughts and prayers are with jim holden and his family. he surely did leave big boots to fill but also an enduring legacy for us to cherish and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the entleman from maryland rise? california. without objection. mr. speaker, some of my colleagues want to go back to the old way of doing business on health insurance. mr. huffman: we can't go back to the days with people with...
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focus as a historian on the late 19th to the mid 20th century which in a lot of ways is the era of jim crow, but also the era of the birth of modern public health in the united states. and in doing so i found that for many black communities which were increasingly urbanized communities that there was one particular disease that claimed the most lives, one cause of death which above most others claimed black lives, and that was tuberculosis. and this is a disease contrary to the myth of racial predisposition was actually one of living conditions of poverty. so in many ways we find at the very birth of public health in the united states this mythology that, well, black people are dying from tuberculosis because they are racially predisposed when, in fact, this was a way of masking system of the quite often impoverished and just plain out terrible conditions in which black people were forced to live. this was largely a product, by the way -- and not incidentally -- of racial segregation and exclusion from many jobs. the truth that i found -- or that was the first truth. and the myth, firs
focus as a historian on the late 19th to the mid 20th century which in a lot of ways is the era of jim crow, but also the era of the birth of modern public health in the united states. and in doing so i found that for many black communities which were increasingly urbanized communities that there was one particular disease that claimed the most lives, one cause of death which above most others claimed black lives, and that was tuberculosis. and this is a disease contrary to the myth of racial...
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host: senator jim inhofe republican of oklahoma sir. we thank you for your time and wish you great health and hope that you improve as you go along here. guest: thank you so much. host: we continue our conversation about cushing, oklahoma. our camera is live there from the terminal. that state where the tank farms got the land. there are over 300. they have the capacity to store nearly 80 million barrels of oil. they have self-dubbed themselves the pipe lean crossroads of the world. we'll take your phone calls on all of that here coming up. we had asked transcanada to join us. in the meantime, we spoke recently with transcanada when we were in cushing, oklahoma back in september and asked about the keystone xl pipeline. also this debate over how many jobs it will create. >> well, i think the actual number that for xl in the northern lake is not 20,000. that's the entire direct and indirect job number. i'm just talking about direct jobs for construction. we estimated about 4000 northern lake is something like 7000 jobs. that's a big proj
host: senator jim inhofe republican of oklahoma sir. we thank you for your time and wish you great health and hope that you improve as you go along here. guest: thank you so much. host: we continue our conversation about cushing, oklahoma. our camera is live there from the terminal. that state where the tank farms got the land. there are over 300. they have the capacity to store nearly 80 million barrels of oil. they have self-dubbed themselves the pipe lean crossroads of the world. we'll take...
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i will just stop right there. >> thank you, jim. patrick. >> the editor of the most paper in iran is a noted hardliner and close commandants of the supreme leader, the ayatollah. these firebreathing editorials and i do not always agree with him but his editorial the other day about this deal i thought had considerable wisdom. he described this as a small taking small steps that the p5 plus one are taking. if we look at the text and not at the statements made about the deal, it is quite a small deal. for instance, much of the reporting about this, they have committed not to impose new sanctions on iran -- iran. that is not what the text says. impose new sanctions on iran? wrong. speakinge two people said, we have committed from imposing new nuclear related sanctions. that does not stop us from implementing existing sanctions which of course we will do. nor will we impose new sanctions to sponsor its abysmal human rights record. there'slast point, nothing in this agreement that would prevent the united states from imposing new sanctio
i will just stop right there. >> thank you, jim. patrick. >> the editor of the most paper in iran is a noted hardliner and close commandants of the supreme leader, the ayatollah. these firebreathing editorials and i do not always agree with him but his editorial the other day about this deal i thought had considerable wisdom. he described this as a small taking small steps that the p5 plus one are taking. if we look at the text and not at the statements made about the deal, it is...
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. > night on forest lane in cold spring, my friend, jim lovell, won't be coming home. his children, brooke and jack and finn and hudson, the youngest, who goes to school with my little girls in cold spring and who's played in my house, will be missing the father they love and the beloved member of the community because he was one of the four victims on the metro north train that derailed on sunday. mr. maloney: we all are saddened and heart broken by this tragic event, and i stand here with my colleagues from new york to honor the four victims and the dozens of injured. new york lost a devoted father in jim, but, of course, we lost a loving sister in donna smith, a caring nurse from queens a man sic haun, and from montross, and i know nita lowey who represents queen, and ellyol engel who represented the district where the accident concerned and i join with all of you in standing to offer a moment of silence in honor of those killed and of those injured and i ask that we do so now. thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield such time as she would require to my colleague,
. > night on forest lane in cold spring, my friend, jim lovell, won't be coming home. his children, brooke and jack and finn and hudson, the youngest, who goes to school with my little girls in cold spring and who's played in my house, will be missing the father they love and the beloved member of the community because he was one of the four victims on the metro north train that derailed on sunday. mr. maloney: we all are saddened and heart broken by this tragic event, and i stand here with...
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i thank you, jim mcgovern, all of you. this is a fight you are making for every person in america, to live in a country of values. include ourat faith. our faith tells us that to minister to the needs of god's creation is an act of worship. to ignore those needs, as this bill does, is to dishonor the god who made us. this is very wrong. even in this place, this crosses a threshold that we should never go past. should never go past. this is totally out of the question. [applause] i am a mom. one of the reasons why i am involved in politics is i see it as an extension of my role as a mother of five kids. now many grandchildren, god bless them. but what drove me to this was that i saw all of my kids -- all my kids had, all the opportunity, the love, the rest of it. i thought, the best thing we can all do is to make sure our children, for their own welfare, grow up in a country where all of america's children were treated with respect as we meet their needs. that is just not happening here today. i call upon our friends in the
i thank you, jim mcgovern, all of you. this is a fight you are making for every person in america, to live in a country of values. include ourat faith. our faith tells us that to minister to the needs of god's creation is an act of worship. to ignore those needs, as this bill does, is to dishonor the god who made us. this is very wrong. even in this place, this crosses a threshold that we should never go past. should never go past. this is totally out of the question. [applause] i am a mom. one...
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said hi, this is jim inhofe. i've been asked to introduce ted cruz. they shared some mildly embarrassing stories. and i will say that showed a personal level of consideration that's unusual in this town. and i appreciated that. i thanked the senator then. but i want to take this opportunity to thank the senator publicly for putting that degree of personal consideration, to try to tell not just he went to so-and-so college and did this and this, not just the empty biographical facts but trying to put a little color on how this individual is. the final point i want to make is a point that goes to the substance of some of the remarks of ththat the senator from oklaa made in the process of making his first question,, which he talked about the battle over hillary care. and you know, i think that is quite fitting to the battle we're having right now over defunding obamacare. because i will tell you, mr. president, when the battle over hillary care was owe -- was occurring, i was in law school. if you remember the context at that time, when hillary care was
said hi, this is jim inhofe. i've been asked to introduce ted cruz. they shared some mildly embarrassing stories. and i will say that showed a personal level of consideration that's unusual in this town. and i appreciated that. i thanked the senator then. but i want to take this opportunity to thank the senator publicly for putting that degree of personal consideration, to try to tell not just he went to so-and-so college and did this and this, not just the empty biographical facts but trying...
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speakers including jim sensenbrenner review the patriot act. this is two and a half hours. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. it's my pleasure to welcome you to georgetown university law center. today marks the second discussion of the law schools three-part series on the past, present and future of surveillance and foreign intelligence gathering in the united states. in october we can being former members of key staffers from the church committee hearings and looked at the origins of the it surveillance intelligence act. today we are focusing on current bills currently before congress that would reform the foreign intelligence surveillance court and alterations for the foreign intelligence surveillance act as well as cases currently working their way through the courts. our purpose and meaning the program today's move the conversation forward and to think about what framework and principles should guide us as we look to the future. we are now as all of us recognize attic critical juncture. technology is rapidly evolving and it comes as tremendous benefits that make
speakers including jim sensenbrenner review the patriot act. this is two and a half hours. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. it's my pleasure to welcome you to georgetown university law center. today marks the second discussion of the law schools three-part series on the past, present and future of surveillance and foreign intelligence gathering in the united states. in october we can being former members of key staffers from the church committee hearings and looked at the...
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russia although there russian fulbright students and then others who were parts of exchange including jim billington's long and successful exchange program which reaches all over russian brings russians here and americans to russia conquered they'll organize their own alumni organization so things took off and they have been moving. none of it has been perfect. i think these have been large measure been either supported or carried out through ngos. we have seen the recent russian cracked down on ngos and the stigmatization of ngos as foreign agents as a real impediment i thing to being able to carry this forward. i don't think it represents cooperation. i hope it represents only a kind of short essays in u.s.-russian relationships and i hope we will find a way to move ahead because i think that it is, as you pointed out from your experience , that it is those kinds of human relationships and something i mentioned earlier in a response to a question as being very important. >> just a brief answer. >> you see with the americans do. >> i think there is a lot of potential for these sorts of e
russia although there russian fulbright students and then others who were parts of exchange including jim billington's long and successful exchange program which reaches all over russian brings russians here and americans to russia conquered they'll organize their own alumni organization so things took off and they have been moving. none of it has been perfect. i think these have been large measure been either supported or carried out through ngos. we have seen the recent russian cracked down...
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[applause] believe me, jim garrison was much more of a criminal than he was a prosecutor. and there are two witnesses who you do not hear mentioned and one of them was a guy that just came out of baton rouge and he was given sodium pentothal twice and failed three polygraphs and they still put him on the stand. he told them about meeting with oswald and various things in the new york city and who when he was on the stand i thought he was it. well-dressed. he told about the meetings and then the defense got him. they said are you the gentlemen that has sued the new york city police department? he said indeed i am. what for? he said they have been following me around and ruined by sex life for 17 years. that wasn't the best. then he said are you the gentlemen that finger prints his daughter when they visit. and he said i am. they disguise themselves. peechl people use people higs prus proor h >> we have time for two more questioners. i heard we referred to as the elder generation. >> you mentioned reconstruction of oswald taking the shot. i have motnoticed the easy shot woul
[applause] believe me, jim garrison was much more of a criminal than he was a prosecutor. and there are two witnesses who you do not hear mentioned and one of them was a guy that just came out of baton rouge and he was given sodium pentothal twice and failed three polygraphs and they still put him on the stand. he told them about meeting with oswald and various things in the new york city and who when he was on the stand i thought he was it. well-dressed. he told about the meetings and then the...
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we're all delighted to have jim inhofe back with us today in full force and looking terrific. senator inhofe. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate it very much. i made a request to have this hearing and another one before this after the house had their hearing. it's my concern, mr. chairman, that everything you said is true but the general public is just not aware of it. over the last five years the significant cuts to our national security spending forced our men and women to endure steep and damaging drop in capables and readiness. we'll have a chance to talk about this during the questions. our naval fleet is at an historic lowest level. the army shrinks to a force we haven't seen since the turn of the 20th century. as our security is being threatened by terrorism, the rising china and roman nations like iran, north korea and men and women charged with protecting this nation are being undermined and forced to endure devastating cuts to the tools they need to keep america safe. we have been told that over the next three years as much as $150 billion of cuts will be taken
we're all delighted to have jim inhofe back with us today in full force and looking terrific. senator inhofe. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate it very much. i made a request to have this hearing and another one before this after the house had their hearing. it's my concern, mr. chairman, that everything you said is true but the general public is just not aware of it. over the last five years the significant cuts to our national security spending forced our men and women to endure...
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that's very important be, we -- if you see a lot of analysis, people say there's no trust -- hello, jim. half half that we don't have trust russia and the united states, there is no trust. sometimes i feel i'm coming from the cold war, that during the cold war we had more trust than we have today for different reasons. this is not the subject of discussion of today's meeting. but this is true. because we cannot sit and take decisions together on many issues. and during the major agreements in disarmament area-- how to create trust by statement, impossible. trust you create only working together. this way if we succeed to work together with positive results in syria on chemical issue completely, i think that it will be very step forward in our bilateral relations to create this atmosphere of trust. not because the cites will want to -- the united states want to give gifts to russia, because for different reasons or maybe two common reasons we have to eliminate chemical weapons in syria. if we can do positively this issue, i think that also together we can leave the international process
that's very important be, we -- if you see a lot of analysis, people say there's no trust -- hello, jim. half half that we don't have trust russia and the united states, there is no trust. sometimes i feel i'm coming from the cold war, that during the cold war we had more trust than we have today for different reasons. this is not the subject of discussion of today's meeting. but this is true. because we cannot sit and take decisions together on many issues. and during the major agreements in...
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we get back in the plane, and so dick said stop, and we told them to stop, jim and i, and we say, but look, did we know it was this bad? it was this bad, so, you know, we're scrambling to get the intelligence information to put it together. i guess dick finally got, you know, got the word it was bad. he said, we should go right now and tell him to surrender right now. we can save his unit, right now. this is the moment. we had to go to italy for something. we detoured back, get into belgrade at ten o'clock at night, already had dinner, and we are in the sedan with the u.s. ambassador, and we say to the u.s. ambassador, we say, god, i can't believe we're going to see him this late at night, make us eat a heavy dinner with all these meats and everything, drink the wine, and serves three kinds of meat, keeps you up all night, maybe can we just say we don't want to eat? we know not to talk about anything in the sedan because we assume it's sparred. we go up and greet at the front door of the presidential mansion, he says, gentleman, come in, it's late, i'm sure you don't want to eat this
we get back in the plane, and so dick said stop, and we told them to stop, jim and i, and we say, but look, did we know it was this bad? it was this bad, so, you know, we're scrambling to get the intelligence information to put it together. i guess dick finally got, you know, got the word it was bad. he said, we should go right now and tell him to surrender right now. we can save his unit, right now. this is the moment. we had to go to italy for something. we detoured back, get into belgrade at...
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jim, you opened up the intellectual equivalent of a fine bottle of wine. i want a bigger taste. how do you deal with really compelled by the fact that sometime before the ends of 2020 and probably much sooner, defining power defense is half of what it is right now. how do you answer your own question what we ought to be doing in crisp sentences it give us that taste? >> i would offer an alternative triad which would be a triad of strategic capabilities, general purpose force capabilities, and to get at the issue of the nexus of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction special operations capabilities, and the special operations capabilities are the ones that would be deployed and out and about, and they would be the intermediary between border and police and general purpose forces, and as an example that walt used, they would be there in areas where we had worry about being -- having strategic surprise or tactical surprise. at that end of the capability, that's counterproliferation, nonproliferation, movement around, understanding what's going on at the high en, on the strategic
jim, you opened up the intellectual equivalent of a fine bottle of wine. i want a bigger taste. how do you deal with really compelled by the fact that sometime before the ends of 2020 and probably much sooner, defining power defense is half of what it is right now. how do you answer your own question what we ought to be doing in crisp sentences it give us that taste? >> i would offer an alternative triad which would be a triad of strategic capabilities, general purpose force capabilities,...
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as jim mentioned, there are more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those. we hope you will take the entire report, study it through, and look at each of those recommendations. why is this report important? it is important because we as a nation have to get this right. i look back in history durling the time to -- during the time to world war ii that we intered some japanese americans. at the time it seemed like the right and proper thing to do. in the right of history, it was an error. so today this report will hopefully put into focus some of the actions taken in some of the post 9/11 environment. there are key questions we want to answer this morning. one, did the treatment rise to torture? secondly, how did it happen? what can we learn from this to make better decisions in the future? on the first question, we found u.s. personnel in many instances used ininterrogation techniques on detainees that constitutional torture. military personnel conducted cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment. both categories of actions violate u.s. laws and international tr
as jim mentioned, there are more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those. we hope you will take the entire report, study it through, and look at each of those recommendations. why is this report important? it is important because we as a nation have to get this right. i look back in history durling the time to -- during the time to world war ii that we intered some japanese americans. at the time it seemed like the right and proper thing to do. in the right of history,...
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i want to thank jim doyle very much, not just for today but for all the leadership of is this forward, all the consultations, even the recent meeting with the small business advisory committee as we went in to this recent round of budget discussions. i want to thank you and business forward for the leadership that you have shown and the desire to look beyond your particular situation to the larger economic issues that we face as a country and understand that affects all of us. really, i want to thank you. we are, asay that usual, going into another phase of the budget discussion. we are now going into a time where we will have a budget conference that will go until december 13. we will have the cr that goes january 17. atebt limit that is extended least into february. i think as always you will see different people go quickly into the weeds and details, which is not inappropriate. but it is important at these moments to step back and remember why we care about these issues. sometimes here we start to think that the end goal of all of our public policy is to hit a particular metric, a
i want to thank jim doyle very much, not just for today but for all the leadership of is this forward, all the consultations, even the recent meeting with the small business advisory committee as we went in to this recent round of budget discussions. i want to thank you and business forward for the leadership that you have shown and the desire to look beyond your particular situation to the larger economic issues that we face as a country and understand that affects all of us. really, i want to...
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jim mauer. he has the same name as the famous player in minnesota. we'll pretend he's his brother. make the calls, knock on the doors, rally the neighbors, never stop fighting and let's move forward together. thank you, northern iowa. keep up the brave work. discussion on military defense strategies and planning and a report on the ways the military [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] rex check hagel is reading at the pentagon. we got word that is wreaking has been changed to noon now. we plan to bring that to you when he gets underway. four ministers plan to hold an emergency meeting wednesday in brussels to forge a joint response to egypt. the meeting of ambassadors came a day after this. the it was a major source of loans for egypt. we expect to hear more about the lyrical unrest and violence in egypt. you will be able to see that elaborating on c-span. later, the new america foundation holds a discussion on electronic surveillance and human rights. we will hear about an individual's right to have acces
jim mauer. he has the same name as the famous player in minnesota. we'll pretend he's his brother. make the calls, knock on the doors, rally the neighbors, never stop fighting and let's move forward together. thank you, northern iowa. keep up the brave work. discussion on military defense strategies and planning and a report on the ways the military [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] rex check hagel is reading at the...
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host: what about jim moran? guest: he's the most vulnerable. his is defense services. ors not a big manufacturing things like a big aircraft. it is information technology services. the biggest company in his district is a translation service for the department of defense. he has a wide variety of companies all headquartered very near washington and doing services kind of businesses. host: some others? guest: the top republican is in fort worth tester, the 12th congressional district. mccomas hall lockheed martin, 95% of all the dollars spent in her district, it's a blow over $90, that's all lockheed. a good portion of that is the f- 35 fighter jet, which is the largest program in the defense department. these are twas defense dollars low. charter for the big pieces of hardware like the f-35 or submarines or ships, or its for services for the department of defense. host: the report puts on its head the perception that republicans protect the pentagon more than democrats. guest: there's a perception that the republicans have been more protective of the defense department
host: what about jim moran? guest: he's the most vulnerable. his is defense services. ors not a big manufacturing things like a big aircraft. it is information technology services. the biggest company in his district is a translation service for the department of defense. he has a wide variety of companies all headquartered very near washington and doing services kind of businesses. host: some others? guest: the top republican is in fort worth tester, the 12th congressional district. mccomas...
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jim. republican, georgia. caller: good morning. no insult to anyone in washington, d.c., and i am not a obama supporter, but let's go back through history. intelligent people gave us korea, vietnam, 60,000 people killed, not including civilians. the cold war. trillions of dollars wasted. when will we keep our nose out of other peoples business? those people are religious fanatics. guest: well, sir, the point i was trying to make earlier, as i said, i have served in both republican and democratic administrations. people in washington are trying to do their best. they are well-meaning, intelligent, and they are trying to serve the american people well. these are tough questions that you race, going from wars in korea and vietnam to more recent wars. we had a big national debate when i was young over vietnam. overrtainly had a debate whether it was right for us to go into iraq. i would say we have to be skeptical about the use of force. we cannot shoot and ask questions later and we have to be tough-minded and ask the gett questions b
jim. republican, georgia. caller: good morning. no insult to anyone in washington, d.c., and i am not a obama supporter, but let's go back through history. intelligent people gave us korea, vietnam, 60,000 people killed, not including civilians. the cold war. trillions of dollars wasted. when will we keep our nose out of other peoples business? those people are religious fanatics. guest: well, sir, the point i was trying to make earlier, as i said, i have served in both republican and...
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critic against the resolution, and he says in this tweet that just cannot -- came out rich, theiew from jim senator from idaho -- he has linked to the youtube video of his comments earlier. let's hear from brady in dermott, arkansas. good evening. caller: can you hear me? >> we sure can. i would like to tell my congressman to vote no. they want to spend all this , tens of millions of dollars. you can keep on counting. you can count to 1000 by 10 and put millions on the end of it. >> brady, thanks for your call. go ahead, i didn't mean to cut you off. caller: i'm not done. them what they would think the people in syria would want. they just got gassed. do you think they want bombs dropping in on top of them after that? i wouldn't think so. gas -- someone bombing knee on top of the gas. let's hear from randy in alabama. caller: thank you. i think we should vote no on this. maybe americans need to take a vote. we do not need to be in war with syria or russia. tother thing when it comes john kerry, i do not think president obama should have appointed him. i do not think he is qualified. him, we
critic against the resolution, and he says in this tweet that just cannot -- came out rich, theiew from jim senator from idaho -- he has linked to the youtube video of his comments earlier. let's hear from brady in dermott, arkansas. good evening. caller: can you hear me? >> we sure can. i would like to tell my congressman to vote no. they want to spend all this , tens of millions of dollars. you can keep on counting. you can count to 1000 by 10 and put millions on the end of it. >>...
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tries to extract a consistent economic signal from all of the sports indicatog something my colleague, jim stock, member of the economic advisers and one of the country's leading macrotrician, and you see that in the next chart. the blue line is an index that combines all eight variables into a consistent measure of the economy. once you see it fell sharply in the first 12 days of october, and similar size, not as sharp falls, the last time we did the debt limit brinksmanship, and the eurozone crisis in 2012, and this translates into 0.25 percentage points from the fourth quarter growth rate, 120,000 fewer jobs than we otherwise would have had in the month of october, and i want to stress that's just based on the data we have through october 12th so as we look at object, numbers could change and could potentially get worse. this is how necessary and harmful the shutdown and brinksmanship was and should avoid it and add growth and jobs, not subtracts. there's a chart out for all of this for those of you who i know turn straight to the appendix of the report. as i said, it's a clear story. p
tries to extract a consistent economic signal from all of the sports indicatog something my colleague, jim stock, member of the economic advisers and one of the country's leading macrotrician, and you see that in the next chart. the blue line is an index that combines all eight variables into a consistent measure of the economy. once you see it fell sharply in the first 12 days of october, and similar size, not as sharp falls, the last time we did the debt limit brinksmanship, and the eurozone...
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but before we turn to the panel, we're truly honored to have with us representative jim sensenbrenner who's been one of the most vocal and important voices in the united states house of representatives with regard to the foreign intelligence surveillance act and current proposals for its reform. congressman sensenbrenner represents the fifth congressional district of wisconsin which includes milwaukee, dodge and all of washington and jefferson counties. he was born in chicago and later moved to wisconsin with his family. he graduated from the pill waukee country day school and did his undergraduate work at stanford where he majored in political science. he then earned his law degree at the university of wisconsin, madison, 1968. after serving ten years in the wisconsin state legislature, he ran for a united states house seat and was elected november, 1978. and he's been reelected since then. his current committee assignments include the service on the committee on science and technology, the committee on -- and the committee on the judiciary. he's chair of the crime, terrorism, homela
but before we turn to the panel, we're truly honored to have with us representative jim sensenbrenner who's been one of the most vocal and important voices in the united states house of representatives with regard to the foreign intelligence surveillance act and current proposals for its reform. congressman sensenbrenner represents the fifth congressional district of wisconsin which includes milwaukee, dodge and all of washington and jefferson counties. he was born in chicago and later moved to...
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i like former secretary of state jim baker very much, but when he said in response to the trouble in bosnia we don't have a dog in that fight, i think he was wrong. we did have a dog in the bosnian fight, and we still do. what was the end of the cold war going to mean? the rise of chaos? or the rise of democracy, prosperity and cooperation? if you want it to be the latter instead of the former, no matter how thorny bosnia had become, no matter how much blood had been shed, no matter how much determination there was for destruction, we had to get caught trying to do the right thing. we could not have said we're going to end one century and start another with the first legacy in europe having end doored two world wars, a depression and a holocaust in between, the first thing we're going to say is we couldn't do a darn thing to stop ethnic cleansing. secondly, as i've said, i think it's important because it revitalized nato. it proved that there was a cold war mission for nato. thirdly, it was important because it proved we could manage a difference of opinion with russia and bring them
i like former secretary of state jim baker very much, but when he said in response to the trouble in bosnia we don't have a dog in that fight, i think he was wrong. we did have a dog in the bosnian fight, and we still do. what was the end of the cold war going to mean? the rise of chaos? or the rise of democracy, prosperity and cooperation? if you want it to be the latter instead of the former, no matter how thorny bosnia had become, no matter how much blood had been shed, no matter how much...
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will talk withwe the former irishman and white house budget director jim nussle on the two-year judge it to pass by the house and senate and then a look ahead to the congressional agenda for 2014 and next year's elections. the center for american progress joins us. later, a discussion on health 15-year-old u.s. students score against their international peers in math and science. buckley fromjack the national center of education statistics and robert rothman from american education. host then -- the senate passed a budget deal. nominateden has been to be head of the fed. the senate will turn -- will adjourn by the end of the day. here are some of the recent news articles about capitol hill and congress. on obamaaches deal nominees. the senate reached a deal on several key
will talk withwe the former irishman and white house budget director jim nussle on the two-year judge it to pass by the house and senate and then a look ahead to the congressional agenda for 2014 and next year's elections. the center for american progress joins us. later, a discussion on health 15-year-old u.s. students score against their international peers in math and science. buckley fromjack the national center of education statistics and robert rothman from american education. host then...
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jim from michigan on our line for republicans. caller: good morning. i have heard so much lately about flat tax. it seems to me that that would be simplified, more revenue coming in. what are the pros and cons? host: eric toder? guest: ok, so. when people say flat tax, they had different things in mind. there is a plan called flat tax which is not an income tax. it is a form of a value added tax. i can explain that, but just to summarize. what would happen under that proposal, given today that we have a progressive tax system. that is people with a higher , incomes pay a higher share of their income in tax. it is progressive when you take into account tax breaks and preferences. if you moved to a flat rate to raise the same amount of revenue, you would have a substantial tax increase on the lower and middle income groups. and a cut on the top income groups. that is one of the major issues with that. the other thing is, you get into the question of not just a flat rate, a question of what the base is and what you include. the proposal that was out there
jim from michigan on our line for republicans. caller: good morning. i have heard so much lately about flat tax. it seems to me that that would be simplified, more revenue coming in. what are the pros and cons? host: eric toder? guest: ok, so. when people say flat tax, they had different things in mind. there is a plan called flat tax which is not an income tax. it is a form of a value added tax. i can explain that, but just to summarize. what would happen under that proposal, given today that...
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captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> some news, a station is reporting senator jim imhoff has confirmed that his son was on board a plane that crashed near oklahoma on sunday. killed in the crash. authorities say the plane went down around 4:00 p.m. eastern in a wooded area, and troopers confirmed that one person died in the crash. also, politico was saying secretary of state john kerry will brief the banking committee on the possibility of diploma on it -- diplomatic talks with iran. they will not talk about whether pursuing additional penalties without hearing what senator kerry has to say and conferring with other senators, and in a moment, we will have more live coverage on c-span. there was the speech of david cameron at the banquet. we will have it in just a moment when it begins. we are live on c-span. >> i have spent a lot of time dealing with the sec in my life, and it is important that the agency make decisions and make decisions in a timely fashion. there is nothing worse than for investment, innovation, job creation, all of the things that flow from inve
captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> some news, a station is reporting senator jim imhoff has confirmed that his son was on board a plane that crashed near oklahoma on sunday. killed in the crash. authorities say the plane went down around 4:00 p.m. eastern in a wooded area, and troopers confirmed that one person died in the crash. also, politico was saying secretary of state john kerry will brief the banking committee on the possibility of diploma on it -- diplomatic...
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we know that john conyers is sitting down with jim sensenbrenner and everyone sitting down with them as well on both sides of the aisle to craft this piece to make sure that we can fix the section. we are delighted to see and we have to make sure that everyone in this room gets it. the only way that we can pass the fix to section for allowing the utilization of the preclearance section of the voting rights act section 5 is if it is bipartisan. so the catch phrase is that it must be bipartisan and that is where we are that jim sensenbrenner is leading the phrase to make sure that we can address these concerns as well. please grab a beeper, and let's be prepared. [applause] >> hilary shelton, naacp. >> you raise an interesting point, hilary, about meeting bipartisan support and we talked about that a little bit. but one of the things that we have to be concerned with now as we move forward is getting that legislation passed. the voting rights act was reauthorize in 2006 with an overwhelming majority of legislative boating pivoted the supreme court that it back down. john conyers, this
we know that john conyers is sitting down with jim sensenbrenner and everyone sitting down with them as well on both sides of the aisle to craft this piece to make sure that we can fix the section. we are delighted to see and we have to make sure that everyone in this room gets it. the only way that we can pass the fix to section for allowing the utilization of the preclearance section of the voting rights act section 5 is if it is bipartisan. so the catch phrase is that it must be bipartisan...